Cotylorhynchus bransoni Olson and Barghusen 1962 (synapsid)

Osteichthyes - Caseasauria - Caseidae

Full reference: E. C. Olson and H. Barghusen. 1962. Permian vertebrates from Oklahoma and Texas. Part I.—Vertebrates from the Flowerpot Formation, Permian of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey, Circular 59:5-48

Belongs to Cotylorhynchus according to E. C. Olson and H. Barghusen 1962

See also Reisz 1986

Sister taxa: Cotylorhynchus hancocki, Cotylorhynchus romeri

Type specimen: FMNH (CNHM) UR 835, a set of postcrania (left side of the pelvis, left femur, and partial sacral rib). Its type locality is KF-1, Omega Quarry (Chickasha Formation), which is in a Roadian/Wordian channel sandstone/conglomerate in the Chickasha Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (4: Oklahoma collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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